With 3 brothers indicted in her husband's brutal Christmas Day killing, widow is 'leaving it to God'

Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalFrom left to right, Eliser Paet, Francis Paet and Wilfred Paet, appear in December 2011, at Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County Jail in Kearny, charged with beating their brother-in-law, Jeorge Alzendia, 44, to death with a shovel on Christmas night.

Three Jersey City brothers have been indicted on charges they beat their sister’s husband to death with a shovel in his home on Christmas Day because he threatened to evict them from the residence, officials said.

According to the allegations, Elieser Paet beat Alvendia with a shovel while the other two brothers kicked and stomped the victim in the victim’s garage.

The victim’s wife, Noemy Alvendia, 51, was not home at the time of the homicide but returned shortly afterward and called 911, officials said.

Noemy Alvendia said yesterday that she has been visiting her brothers in jail and has been speaking to their lawyers, but has not spoken to prosecutors thus far.

Interviewed briefly yesterday, Noemy Alvendia appeared torn between her brothers and her husband.

“I hope the truth will come out,” she said, referring to her brothers’ apparent claims that Alvendia was killed in self-defense. “The truth will come out and that’s all I am concerned about.”

Alvendia died of blunt force trauma to his head, but he also suffered fractured ribs and severe facial injuries, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said, based on autopsy reports. The prosecutor said that alcohol also may have fueled the bad blood between the victim and his attackers.

Asked about the day of the killing, Noemy Alvendia said: “I don’t want to talk about it. It is really uncomfortable for me. . . . I’m moving on. It’s hard. It’s really a very difficult situation, but I leave it all to God.”

A Wolfgang Puck kitchen knife was found near the victim’s body, but based on the circumstances of the crime scene and the residence, investigators believe it was planted there after the homicide.

The brothers face 30 years to life in prison if convicted and they are slated to be arraigned on June 11 before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Joseph Isabell in the Hudson County Administration Building in Jersey City.

The brothers have been in Hudson County jail in Kearny since their arrest shortly after the homicide and they are being held in lieu of $500,000 cash-only bails. They were arrested based on statements to police made by Francis Paet.